Combined comb case and cleaner.



i PQIENTEDKMAR. 20; 1906.

" un's 15,798..

0. CRAVEN.

-0'0MBINED 00MB CASE AND CLEANER.

APPLIbATION'PILED MAY 4. 1905.

I u n war - denee and .State of Ausrw o. CRAVEN, or P oVIDENcnsHoDE IsLAIt. l

co MBmEDo B ease "AND CLEANER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 20, 1906.

Application salinit '4, 905; ser alize. 258325.

To all whom, it may concern: Be it known that I, AUSTIN Q. .GBAVEN, acitizenof the UnitedStatesof America, re-' siding at Providence, in the,county of Provi- Rhode Island, have invented newand useful Imrovementsin a Combined Comb Case and leaner, of which the following is aspecification. J This invention relates to combs, the. object of theinvention bei'ngto provide a combined pocket andself cleaningwo nb'inwhich the combp'roper is contained in a case so con-, structed as toeifect a cleaning oflthe teeth of the comb as the latter is movedinwardly into the case,' the .comb also embodying means whereby thecombproper may be mechanically forced outwar and inward 'i'ela tivelyto. the containing-case, all parts of the the nature oifwhieh thedescription comb and the operating devices therefor be ing eithercarried by or inclosed within the case. I I

Withthe above and other oo ects in View, will more fully appear asroceeds, the-inventlon con-'- sists in the novel construction,combination, and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter I fully described,illustrated, and claimed.

- Fig-6 is a sideelevation of a perspective 1ewofa coinb of the combinedactuatin .In the accompanying drawings'Figure 1 is embodying the resentintention, showing thesaine in conition ior use. 1 Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sec tion, .throughthesame, showil'ig the teeth projected.Fig. 3 is a similar section show:

Fig. 4 is a plan view and looking slide. the thumb-piece. the case, endFig. 7 is a bottom edge View of the same; Like referencemumeralsdesignate corresponding parts in all thefigures of' the draw- Fig. 5 isa detail-view 0i length of the case and is of a *vided with a largenumbe'r'of holes,

tweenwhich the teeth5 ofthe comb thecoinbis inoved'inward or thrust Thecomb contemplated in this invention comprises, 'essentially', a easel ofsuitable length and widthto contain and entirely in; close a comb 2',which extends the entireproximately thesame width as the inside of t 1ecase. l The bottcmedge of the case is perforated or proinside tocontainboth the comb 2 'and ga combined a'ctuatin'g and locking slide 6,: whichmay consist of a thin plate, which is shorter thanthe. internaldimensions of the easel, so thats a'id plate may move endwise toaliinited extent therein. The plate 6 is provided with inclinedoroblique slots 7, extending nearly iroln'edgeto edge, and the lowerportions of said slots areprovided with looking extensions oriangularportionslS, the urpose'of which will appear; .The back off; e co1nb 2 isproyided with ins or studs 9, which enter: and work in the s ots 7 asthe plate-6 is mowed endwise within the case, the arrangement \of theslots. and pins'beingsuch that-as said slide is movedendwisethecombprop'er is 70. forced either inward or outward according to thedirection of movement of the slide. l-

,7 lnorder to operate'the slide, the case 1 is g provided near. 1138upper ed e-and' in both sides .with oppositely-locate slots 10, r un'nin parallelto the upper edge of the case, and said slots are covered bya sliding thumb piece 11, having" flanges 12,-whieh embrace, the'u peredge of the case',as.shown in 1, and guide said thumb-piece in itssliding movements. A pin 13 passes throu h the l thumb-piece'll and alsothrou h the s ots 10 in the cas e and alsothrough adiole 14 intheplateor slide 6, so .thatas the thu1nb+piece is moved. e'ndwiseonthecase 1 the slide or plate 8 5 6 is correspondingly moved within thecase, i said slide operatingupon thepins9 to eithe force the comboutward or inward.

As the comb is forced outward'the, teeth 5. thereof move through the per'orations 3 and 0 between the cross-bars 4 until the teeth are fullyprojected, asshown in Fig. 1. In the 7 reverse movement of the slide theteeth are drawn inward betweenthe cross-bars 4, and all materialadhering tothe teeth of the comb 5 is scraped and 'removed' therefrom.'The comb may thus besaid'to be self-cleaning, and also by reason of theconstructiende scribed the combis-well adapted for pocket 7 use, theteeth when retracted being protected; 10o b thesurrcunding and inclosingcase, which also prevents thee dniission of dirt, dust, and other matterto theteeth of the comb, also to the operatingdevices therefor The bombas a whole may otcourse be made in various sizes and'of. anysuitablemiterial, and other changesin the form, proportions, and minor details ofconstruction "may be resorted to without departing from I thecomb-actuating means within the case, the principle or sacrificing anyof the advan- 5 said pin operating within the slot formed in ta esof theinvention. 1 I

- avin thus described the invention, What said slot at all times,whereby to exclude for- 5 isclaime as new is eign miittei' from thecase.

A device of the class described comprising i In testimony whereof I eiiix my signature acaseformed with a l0ngitudina1ly-arranged i inpresence of two witnesses slot a comb slidably mounted within the i v H1 7 ca-s, comb-actuating means mounted within ADS! {A the case andconnected with the comb, a Witnesses: thumbiece en a ing the case, a pinproi GILMAX E. JOPP,

jfiiibing am said t limb-piece and engaging EDWiN C. POTTER.

the case, the thumb-piece serving to cover 15'

